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mative leaflets inside and placing them in hospitals, laudermats,
beauty shops etc. One friendly
supermarket manager even allows
them to place literature in new
magazines.
DETROIT. MICH.
Detroit WFP are excited over
the excellent response given
their recent conference "Violence in our Society". Although
this project was undertaken with
some misgivings because it wasn't
directly connected with peace,
it proved to be an excellent
opportunity for analyzing and
exposing the root causes of the
violence in our society today
of which Vietnam is the most
vivid example. Dagmar Wilson
was the key note speaker. The
Conference had broad participation and excellent press coverage. Detroit WFP urge other
areas to sponsor similar conferences as a way of involving new
and different kinds of people.
Among the other activities in
the Detroit area were a "Sing
for Peace", a showing of the
new documentary, "SONS AND
DAUGHTERS" and a "War Crimes
Hearing."
WASHINGTON,^. Cj_
International mail has increased tremendously this year -
both in number Of countries writing to us, and in actual number of
letters. There were approximately
100 letters from France alone, representing about 3500 signatures.
Our efforts are highly praised,
(including the demonstration at
the Pentagon!) and the writers all
urge us to continue working for an
end to the mess in Vietnam In every
way possible.
y
2=1
tnl
BARBARA AVEDON AND WHITNEY BLAKE
"For my Mother's Day gift this year..."
Gentle Reminder
By Two Doves
^ By Ralph traib
*" "This card," said blonde and pretty Whitney Blake, a television actress, "just grabbed me."
And this, in essence, is the story of
the gentlest protest of all and the
i-easdh why President Johnson's
desk — or, at least, the White House
maiL room — will be inundated with
a flood of Mather's Day cards next
month.
"I wanted to see the fighting
stopped, but I really didn't want to
get involved. And then I heard about
the card and volunteered to go to
work," said Miss Blake.
The iront of the little card reads:
"War is not healthy for children
and other living things."
Gift
lu msi.de page reads:
"For my Mother's Day gift this
year. I don't want candy or flowers.
I want an end of killing. We who
have given life must be dedicated to
preserving it
"Please taLk peace."
The cards were the brainchild of
Oscar-winning film and television
writer Barbara Avedon about a
montai ago. Yesterday, Mrs. Ave-
don's -wildly-growing "Another Mother lor Peace" volunteer group
moved into a seven-room donated office suite in Beverly Hills. The office
space is barely large enough to handle the whirlwind of orders daily
pouring in from, all over the nation.
Crusade
Miss Blake, Mrs. Avedon and a
number of their Hollywood friends
and volunteers flew into San Francisco yesterday to participate in the
Spring Mobilization against the war
in Vietnam.
They are all rather astounded to
find themselves at the center of a
ladylike crusade which suddenly and
dramatically has involved thousands
of people, "Here we get an order for
cards from Atlanta," said one of
Mrs. Avedon's friends. "Atlanta?
How did they hear about this?"
The Little card — and the goal of
having one million mailed to Washington, for Mother's Day — was born
of Mrs. Avedon's concern for her in-
iaii t son.
THE CARD'5 FRONT
A goal of one million
"I looked at the baby," she said.
"He was nearly one year old. I
thought that this last year has gone
by terribly quickly. I realized that
suddenly I am going to look at him
and realize that he is 16 or 17 years
old, and I couldn't stand the idea of
what he might have to face."
"I have never been in any protest
causes before," she said. "But then
I have never been a mother before."
Illustrator Lorraine Schneider vol
unteered a card cover. A donation of
J142 paid for printing of the first
thousand cards. They were sold
immediately at the First Unitarian
Church of Los Angeles.
Volunteers
A printing order for 5000 was sold
before the cards could be delivered
three days later. One hundred volunteers — actresses, wives of producers, directors, writers — were working yesterday to fill back orders.
There are conservatives, liberals,
Democrats and Republicans volunteering, Mrs. Avedon said. "It is because of the message," she said.
"Every mother understands it —
and is affected."
The cards are available by writing
Box 69930, Los Angeles 90069.

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mative leaflets inside and placing them in hospitals, laudermats,
beauty shops etc. One friendly
supermarket manager even allows
them to place literature in new
magazines.
DETROIT. MICH.
Detroit WFP are excited over
the excellent response given
their recent conference "Violence in our Society". Although
this project was undertaken with
some misgivings because it wasn't
directly connected with peace,
it proved to be an excellent
opportunity for analyzing and
exposing the root causes of the
violence in our society today
of which Vietnam is the most
vivid example. Dagmar Wilson
was the key note speaker. The
Conference had broad participation and excellent press coverage. Detroit WFP urge other
areas to sponsor similar conferences as a way of involving new
and different kinds of people.
Among the other activities in
the Detroit area were a "Sing
for Peace", a showing of the
new documentary, "SONS AND
DAUGHTERS" and a "War Crimes
Hearing."
WASHINGTON,^. Cj_
International mail has increased tremendously this year -
both in number Of countries writing to us, and in actual number of
letters. There were approximately
100 letters from France alone, representing about 3500 signatures.
Our efforts are highly praised,
(including the demonstration at
the Pentagon!) and the writers all
urge us to continue working for an
end to the mess in Vietnam In every
way possible.
y
2=1
tnl
BARBARA AVEDON AND WHITNEY BLAKE
"For my Mother's Day gift this year..."
Gentle Reminder
By Two Doves
^ By Ralph traib
*" "This card" said blonde and pretty Whitney Blake, a television actress, "just grabbed me."
And this, in essence, is the story of
the gentlest protest of all and the
i-easdh why President Johnson's
desk — or, at least, the White House
maiL room — will be inundated with
a flood of Mather's Day cards next
month.
"I wanted to see the fighting
stopped, but I really didn't want to
get involved. And then I heard about
the card and volunteered to go to
work" said Miss Blake.
The iront of the little card reads:
"War is not healthy for children
and other living things."
Gift
lu msi.de page reads:
"For my Mother's Day gift this
year. I don't want candy or flowers.
I want an end of killing. We who
have given life must be dedicated to
preserving it
"Please taLk peace."
The cards were the brainchild of
Oscar-winning film and television
writer Barbara Avedon about a
montai ago. Yesterday, Mrs. Ave-
don's -wildly-growing "Another Mother lor Peace" volunteer group
moved into a seven-room donated office suite in Beverly Hills. The office
space is barely large enough to handle the whirlwind of orders daily
pouring in from, all over the nation.
Crusade
Miss Blake, Mrs. Avedon and a
number of their Hollywood friends
and volunteers flew into San Francisco yesterday to participate in the
Spring Mobilization against the war
in Vietnam.
They are all rather astounded to
find themselves at the center of a
ladylike crusade which suddenly and
dramatically has involved thousands
of people, "Here we get an order for
cards from Atlanta" said one of
Mrs. Avedon's friends. "Atlanta?
How did they hear about this?"
The Little card — and the goal of
having one million mailed to Washington, for Mother's Day — was born
of Mrs. Avedon's concern for her in-
iaii t son.
THE CARD'5 FRONT
A goal of one million
"I looked at the baby" she said.
"He was nearly one year old. I
thought that this last year has gone
by terribly quickly. I realized that
suddenly I am going to look at him
and realize that he is 16 or 17 years
old, and I couldn't stand the idea of
what he might have to face."
"I have never been in any protest
causes before" she said. "But then
I have never been a mother before."
Illustrator Lorraine Schneider vol
unteered a card cover. A donation of
J142 paid for printing of the first
thousand cards. They were sold
immediately at the First Unitarian
Church of Los Angeles.
Volunteers
A printing order for 5000 was sold
before the cards could be delivered
three days later. One hundred volunteers — actresses, wives of producers, directors, writers — were working yesterday to fill back orders.
There are conservatives, liberals,
Democrats and Republicans volunteering, Mrs. Avedon said. "It is because of the message" she said.
"Every mother understands it —
and is affected."
The cards are available by writing
Box 69930, Los Angeles 90069.